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by archagon 3mo ago
Seems pretty evil to pretend that safeguards around this product are even possible. They're not.
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by archagon 3mo ago
For more info, see my blog post titled "Get in the Torment Nexus or get left behind."
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by archagon 3mo ago
I had to do a double take. They’re framing this comparison as a positive thing?!? (On second thought, the LLM probably made up this analogy on its own, which... in a way, is even worse.)
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by archagon 4mo ago
Imagine that AI lives up to its promise, gets captured by a handful of corporations, and ushers in a world of untouchable über-oligarchs that de facto rule the world. Would it have been worth it then? Can this problem even be solved?
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by archagon 4mo ago
Unionizing. The word you’re looking for is unionizing.
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by archagon 4mo ago
At no point did anyone say that being against mass migration is hate speech. But if you're like "these vermin hoards are poisoning the blood of our people," then... yeah.
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by archagon 4mo ago
Why does Thiel literally look like Frankenstein's monster? Did those blood boy transfusions not help?
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by archagon 4mo ago
As I said above, I care far more about the dehumanization of my fellow human beings than how open or closed the borders are. (It's possible to have sensible and humane immigration policy along any point on that axis.) Slandering immigr
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by archagon 4mo ago
I don't know, but I'm not deranged enough to say that Muslim immigrants in my country are part of an invading force. All the ones I know are quite nice, actually. Personally, I care far more about the dehumanization of my fellow h
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by archagon 4mo ago
Ah, so these immigrants are indeed part of some sort of caliphate army — just one that was let in without a fight? Yes, that makes sense. > Immigration on Hacker News is like the dumbest topic here. Insert "We're All Trying T
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by archagon 4mo ago
Oh? I did not realize there were warlord armies rampaging through the countryside in hope of establishing dynastic Muslim rule. Pat yourself on the head for such an astute historic parallel.
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by archagon 4mo ago
Which aspect is unsustainable?
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by archagon 4mo ago
Thing is, social media discussions on the subject are completely pointless. No one ever changes their mind and nothing gets resolved. But I'll give my spiel anyway: I live in rent-controlled housing in SF. When I was apartment hunting
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by archagon 4mo ago
More than that: it's not an abstraction layer jump, because AI is not an abstraction.
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by archagon 4mo ago
From Wikipedia: > Until the late 20th century, there was little scholarly commentary of the Second Amendment. In the latter half of the 20th century, there was considerable debate over whether the Second Amendment protected an individua
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by archagon 4mo ago
Congress defines… historical precedent… but we were talking about a plain-text reading of the Constitution.
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by archagon 4mo ago
“Immigrant women are biological weapons” “Why are people censoring me for my opinions??? Cancel culture etc.” Barf.
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by archagon 4mo ago
You think most of the tech workers here own houses...?
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by archagon 4mo ago
Sure, one could make the argument that "shall not be infringed" is pretty cut-and-dry. I'm just not sure how one could make that argument while at the same time yadda-yaddaing the militia part, which is often what actually
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by archagon 4mo ago
I pay for health insurance basically out of pocket. The folks complaining in this article have health insurance subsidized by their employers.
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by archagon 4mo ago
Yes, I’m sure eliminating rent control will somehow make the city more affordable, not (catastrophically) less.
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by archagon 4mo ago
An aside, but it’s a bit funny to focus on the plain-text reading of “shall not be infringed” and not “a well-regulated militia.”
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by archagon 4mo ago
Absolutely agreed, but you will not find much support for this here. The site is completely VC/AI-pilled and anyone who doesn't like it has left by now. 95% of the frontpage is completely uninteresting to me at this point. AI pres
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by archagon 4mo ago
AI is not an abstraction.
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by archagon 4mo ago
Seriously. I live in SF with a combined household income that's far less than that and have a pretty lavish lifestyle, eating out every day and whatnot. What are these people spending their money on? > But she said she saw the stra
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by archagon 4mo ago
Thanks for the laugh.
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by archagon 4mo ago
You can’t patch every hole. Kids will always find a way. More technological solutions to social problems.
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by archagon 4mo ago
What's even the point of making this kind of thought-terminating, smooth-brained quip? Do you actually feel it passes for some sort of clever gotcha? I can exhaustively list the reasons why Musk is an abhorrent leader and human being,
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by archagon 4mo ago
Because they’re lead by a cult of personality?
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by archagon 4mo ago
I am excited for the counterculture movements that will emerge in opposition to the slopified mainstream. There will be some truly weird art and technology coming from this sphere. And we’re right on the vanguard.

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